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Alcan a Paris

From: Dominique Rogers <do<-at->
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2010
Brian McLaughlin <brian.mclaughlin [at] gmail__com> writes

>I was recently asked to inspect fourteen "Stations of the Cross"
>paintings, which I am hoping someone can help me with.
>
>They are all signed 'Alcan a Paris' and all have canvas stamps on
>the reverse which reads, 'ALCAN, IL r d'assas, a PARIS'. I can
>forward a selection of images of the pictures (and reverse if
>required).

Your painting is probably by the painter Adolphe Alcan, I have found
only one reference for him in auctions (a crucifixion sold in
America in 1999) but I also found the following stuff about his work
on

    http//mapage.noos.fr/shv2/nouvelle-paroisse.htm

   "Au debut de l'annee 1866, a l'instigation de l'ecrivain Galoppe
    d'Onquaire, l'Empereur fera don a l'eglise du Vesinet d'une
    serie de tableaux a l'huile, constituant un "Chemin de Croix",
    executes dans les ateliers de la maison Alcan. Ce Chemin de
    Croix par le peintre parisien Alcan, fut offert par Napoleon III
    entre 1864 et 1869 a plusieurs paroisses, dans toute la France.
    Par la suite, Alcan se fit une specialite dans l'edition de
    Chemins de Croix sous forme de peintures copiees d'apres
    Victor-Casimir Zier (peintre hongrois) ou de lithographies de
    Leon Mauduison s'en inspirant."

I hope it helps.

Dominique Rogers MA, BSc (hons) ACR
Ganapati Kumari
Pin Mill, Ipswich, IP9 1JW.
+33 1473 780 867


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